Octoprint 2021: Easier Installation, Raspberry Pi 4b, Configuration and Plugins
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- Octoprint continues to improve and is easier to install and configure than ever. Learn how to use the Raspberry Pi Imager to install Octoprint on Raspberry Pi 3b and Rasberry Pi 4b single board computers. Learn about plugins and their installation. Learn how to access your 3d Printer from anywhere remotely and how to
fine-tune your bed leveling.
Video Content
00:00 Introduction
02:14 Octoprint Concepts
03:48 Octoprint History
05:32 Octoprint Architecture
09:07 Raspberry Pi Imager
10:54 Octoprint Configuration
13:13 Using raspberry-config
17:35 Setup From a Browser
20:56 Printing from Octoprint
22:46 Octoprint Cura Integration
28:02 Plugin Installation
31:00 Enhanced Bed Leveling
33:06 Octolapse
Let's continue to learn together. Irv
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i swear, you have the most informative 3d printing videos out there
thank you
I just sat through your Octoprint video. Many people producing videos are not teachers. They don’t take the time to explain what they are about to do and why before going through steps on how to do it. You do. Great job. I spent 45 years in adult education. My first computer was an Apple II. I’ve been playing around with Raspberry Pi’s. I won’t buy a Canakit. I just went into my closet and pulled out two Raspberry Pi 4bs,, 2 power supplies and 2 Pi cameras.
3D printers are becoming my retirement hobby. Thank you for making this fun. My Voxelab Aquila just had its SD card reader die. You just showed me how to solve the problem. A Creality Ender V2 is on the way. I expect a week from now I’ll have both humming.. you just turned frustration into excitement. Thank you so much.
Found this video and was finally able to set up my Raspberry Pi 4B without any issues. Was very easy to follow especially because it was explained in a step by step process. Worked with several windows open so I could pause the video then switch to complete each step. Once completed continued on and it all works as explained and shown. Great job in creating the video (without the expansive technical language that not everyone understands) and for helping me out. I am using a Raspberry Pi camera connected with a ribbon cable to the camera connection right on the board. Can't wait to discover all of OctoPrint capabilities. Keep up the great work.
The key sequence is the same in Windows, Thanks for this extreamly 5hourough, and straight forward demo. Really helpful.
Thank you Irv! I had just ordered a Canakit when I saw this video. Thanks to you, I am LOVING Octoprint. I am a teacher and I really like how you present. Great work! Thank you for sharing what you know.
This video is just amazing. I was just considering looking into Octoprint and found this quickly. And now I don’t need to do any more research. You really covered everything I need. Thank you!
Thanks, Irv, for another great video, very informative and up to date. I appreciate all your work and enjoy your teaching style, keep up the great work!
Thanks Irv. Perfect timing! Just updated my CR6SE to the community software v6 and the next thing on my list was to set up Octoprint on a RPi4. Follow the instructions and it worked perfectly. Only issue I had was that I had to try a second usb cable to connect to the Pi. Fortunately it did not blow up and worked! Only confusion I have is the naming of the Pi vs the Octoprint instance and the various user names and PW. It is working perfectly. Thanks for the very helpful instruction.
Today I received my Ender 3 v2. With your video I am able to install the printer. You explain well with good examples. Thank you very much for this, great !!!
Most complete vid on octoprint avaliable. Thank you! SUBSCRIBED
One of, if not the best - educational videos - I have seen since entering 3D printing. Clear, concise, progresses from beginning to end. PHENOMINAL! Thanks Irv! I’ll be doing this….BECAUSE you made this video, and have explained and demonstrated it so well!
I ordered a Canakit, and have almost everything working in a short amount of time, following this video. Excellent - thank you!
in my research, while waiting for my printer to arrive, I stumbled onto this video.
Let me start by saying, wow, you have provided ever so much information for me in this video.
Thanks for the wealth of knowledge you have provided.
thank you very much for your simple explanations and step by step procedures! It seemed like such a daunting task at first but you made it much easier!
Great video and I found the sound to be just fine!
You are a life saver, the comment you gave regarding having the right USB cable turned out to be true in my case
This was very informative. I have been wanting to use octoprint for some time but found it a bit daunting. This has given me the confidence to go forward. Thank you so much.
Amazing, I loved this video! And we did learn something together. Keep making your videos I love them
Always appreciate the clear concise and friendly manner with which you cover various topics Irv!
I followed your video for my first Rpi and worked seamlessly.
Looking for information on what settings to change to set up a second Rpi?
Any ideas/suggestions?
I have Raspberry Pi 2 Working 100% with Octoprint. The software its just spectacular. Keep the good work
Perfect Video thankyou so much. I spent hours trying to get my Raspberry PI 4 working. Watched 4 videos prior to your tutorial all failed in my attempts to get it to work. But thanks to your video my Raspberry PI is now connected to my Ender 5 Pro. Keep up the great tutorials.
Great video! You really do a good job of simplifying things to where they are easier to understand. Video pace is good to, I don't feel the need to constantly rewind. I'm new to 3D printing so it's a big help. For these reasons this page is high on the list of go to's for 3D printing.
This is such an informative and well written video, everything is said with purpose. Thank you so much for this, helped me tons!
Just ordered my canakit so I can follow this step by step instruction video which is so thorough and well presented. I have been waiting for one I felt confident in attempting. Thank you. I previously had inconsistent results using older versions of octoprint with an older pi.
Glad it was helpful!
Congratulations with 45k subs!!!! Keep making these super good videos!
Thanks for walking me through this setup! Useful
Thanks for talking about Octolapse, I didn't used it before just because I knew it creates lots of stringing
Just got around to getting this up and running this weekend. I set it up for my Prusa MK3 and it's so nice to just send files to Octoprint and be done with it. No more leaving my computer on because Pronterface is running, or messing around with the SD card. I'm loving Octoprint and it's actually the perfect usecase for an RPi.
Awesome video. In Octopi, having to print from Cura to the printer is alot better than having to put in an SD card all the time. Thanks for sharing.
Irv, Thank You for another interesting and knowledgable youtube video
Followed your instuctions and POW! it's up and running Thanks. although for only being 3 months old its amazing how the Rasberry Pi website changed.
Thanks a lot! really clear instructions and easy to follow!
Yo what up Irv? My dude! Thanks for all you do! Octoprint is my next project to perfect my process.
Fantastic video! Thank you putting it together. Because I am a total newbie this made something confusing so clear.
You sir, are a freaking genius. Your bed leveling vid kept me from hammer adjusting the E3 v2. This was great info in here, hooking OP into Cura is awesome. Great info!
Glad to help. Enjoy your new printer.
This is the video I truly needed; thank you!
I am so glad i found this, after strugling to get my rpi4 configured for octoprint based on some web guides i found.
You explain everything so calm and clear, you remind me of my math teacher 20years ago :)
Thanks, you've got a new subscriber. Keep up the good work
Thanks. I see myself as a teacher first and video creator second,
This guy is like the Bob Ross of 3d printing
Good video. Very clear, informative and useful. Thanks!
Thanks a lot Irv, great video!!!
As Always, Awesome! Thanks alot. You explained this very well and simply. Good Luck :)
Excellent tutorial followed this no problem. Thanks.
Amazing video thank you for this. I'm brand new to 3D printing and am just getting started setting up a pi.
Wow, this video helped me a lot. Thank you!!
I honestly don't need this guide at all but I stumbled on it while looking for something else. I skipped around a bit out of curiosity and I liked how you go into sometimes excessive detail for even minute things, like defining trivial stuff like what a plugin is. It's nice to see an exhaustive guide for people new to the hobby. I only got started about 6 months ago and I'm a pretty advanced user now, but I used to consider long-format videos on basic stuff like this an absolute godsend when I was still a beginner,
Thanks. You are correct. My format is better suited for beginners. So I am hoping the market keeps growing and there are a lot of new users.
One word: EXCELLENT!!!
Love the new name!
thanks for all the info.
Greetings from the Galilee.
Great video! I am going to add a few of your suggested plugging! Thanks!
Which webcam do you recommend?
I have a Logitech C270 HD webcam but find that my resolution is not great!
Also what do you use to mount you webcam on your Ender 3V2?
Hi. Thank you for your hard work and these videos. I'm fairly new to 3D printing, and found your channel and website in my search for information. Very good channel and much appreciated. I have had a Pi for some time now, and just getting around to setting it up. This video was very helpful, and I am now able to use the Pi. Only issue I am seeing is a power problem when using my Pi with my Creality CR6-SE. Power from the Pi is flowing thru my usb port and powering my screen even when the printer is off. (common issue I've read) I am also wondering if it might cause other issues as well. I've done the extra Kapton tape on my printer bed, (another CR6 issue) and have tried cutting power on usb cable but that does not allow the data to be transferred from Pi. I understand you can purchase a powerblocker, but I am in Canada and can only source from Ireland or the States and it will take some time to get the blockers. Is this a big issue, or will I be fine if I just make sure the Pi and the printer are both powered down when the printer is not in use?
Thank you again for your channel!
Irv, can you do a setup video for “octolapse”? I am running octoprint everywhere and it runs great, but have never gotten octolapse to work. GREAT video as ALWAYS! I’ve been running octoprint on my CR6 SE since I got it last sept. I’m running a Pi3. TIA! 😀
I usually never comment, but this was so helpful, I basically ended up buying and doing everything you mentioned in the video. Great tutorial, Thank you.
Thank you for the kind words
what camera are you using and ty for the help setting up my raspberry pi4 to octoprint. great videos as always
Good video on Octoprint. There are a lot of Pi cases that can be printed - a good project for your 3 D printer
Helpful video, thankyou. Question: I have two octopi's (3B's) running and trying to set up two more that are pi4 with the 64 bit octopi, I can access via ssh but not through the browser either by .local or ip. Thoughts? (on a mac)
so helpful, love this
Thanks for the info, very well done and I had no difficulty following the instructions. Did this twice, at work I found the network so slow, at home the Pi installer took less than 2 minutes.
Great advice re setting up network settings, etc. during installation (to the SD card).
Question: Is there anything that I need to do to a new Ender 6 aside from the USB connection? Should the power pin on the USB be disabled so that the cable is data-only? (I'll update the vendor-supplied image and screen layouts according to Creality first, if this is recommended.)
Finally, I added the BLTouch devide to the Ender 6. Should I do both the BLTouch plug in on the printer and also on the PI? Or, could I rely on the Ender's bed levelling algorithm to do this task? Is the BLTouch plugin needed on the Pi for the Bed Visualizer on the Pi?
Very nice video. I finally connected Octoprint and it is working!! (I have a newer version and some small things are different)
Thanks for the great video.
Great tutorial 👍🏻
Simply cristal. Tanks
really great vid ... well done
thank you I'm up and running, best HELP ever! easy to understand and follow. I have computer to pi to printer and camera. now i want to eliminate my laptop and use only Pi and monitor.
Great video. I could get everything up and running just fine. One thing though. First cover the plugings before send a print so we can monitor with the phone after because we cannot install plug-ins during the print
Absolutely fascinating!!! Best and most important video ever. I would like to see one specifically for th Prusa MK3s+MMU2s. For some reason it is not sending the temps over to my printer. I will research it. and perhaps find my solution soon. Meanwhile absolutely great video. Thank you!
So far this video seemed to me to be the best and easiest way to fo this! Do you have a video for camera setups for timelapses?
Hi Irv. I really enjoy your videos. Everything works as you have instructed. I have a pi 4b and a 3.5" touch display that works via the GPIO interface and I was wondering if you would make a video of getting this working with Octodash. I have been trying to get this working for 1 year with no luck even after watching several other videos on the topic. It seems like it just won't work with the latest release of Octoprint/Raspian.
Great find! We have a Raised 3D Pro at work I am use to using, decided to move into 3D printing at home. Going with a Prusa in a Prusa box. I now see this is what Raised is using. Great printer and setup I just do not think it is worth the price for a desktop config.
Great content. Thanks
Very good and great video. thanks
Oh man I wish I found that video Earlier, I followed several other tutorials and none of my attempts ended with success
Really useful thanks!
I love using Octoprint on my Pi, but I did add a touch screen to my Raspberry Pi running OctoScreen for when I am directly playing with the printer. It provides a nicer interface and a touch screen for the Ender5, but admittedly this is not necessary. Just a bit of an additional luxury.
Your notes on the Power Supply are really important. The Raspberry Pi, even the newest ones, are quite sensitive to power supply quality
Awesome teacher !!! :D
A great video as usual.. easy on the ears for people getting started..
It may be worth mentioning though, that for people who doesn't have good and fast Internet (not everyone does) you are able to download the recent octoprint image and import the image into the 'pi imager software"
Also a safety message..
Some printers try to draw power from USB and plugging in may make the printer display light dimly.
This is a dangerous situation that can harm your printer and in extreme circumstances destroy your USB bus, maybe even cause fire..
If you plug in your printer and it lights dimly, stop and look for the fix online - it's well documented.
I had this issue and simply cut a section of the red wire (v++) from the USB cable and wrapped it in electrical tape. No more issue and a safe working environment..
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did you use the fan and heat sinks that came with the kit? are the necessary.
Great show. It is sad that another reference to the venerable VAX has gone but I can see the problem with the TH-cam gremlins.
Thanks for the enlightenment.
Regards Tony
PS long live the VAX
A big thank you.
I used a canakit for astroberry to control telescopes and cameras for astrophotography. About to finish building a Prusa i3 and was wanting to learn more about Octoprint. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool!
I have a ras pi 400 and i was curious is there was a version that also had a desktop for keyboard controls?
I have Octoprint running on RasPi 3, but also used the same RasPi as “general printing server”. I installed Cups, Samba and some other stuff to do a printing and scanning server. 😅
Have you installed the octo print imager from obico?on the orange pi3?or pi 5
I have Octoprint and use it sometimes. Mainly just for the camera view. I don't like how it keeps my display on when I'm not using the printer. However now I plan on installing my PI into my printer and adding a power switch to kill it all at once. Thanks for the info on the plug-ins. A couple I didn't know about.
Could You share the configuration of your octolapse?
(I don´t know how to configure the snapshot on the same position)
Very thank you from Brazil
what is the Gcode for the Bed Visualizer on your Cura?
Hey Irv, I have been wanting to do this for ages but after 11 years of 3d printing and change in technology, and just got delivery of the jgmaker Artist-d pro and I think its time BUT, BUT, BUT... I have a spare 3b pi. I don't really want to buy the 4 if I can use the 3. Will that be OK?
Also, have you tried it with the IDEX on JGMaker Artist-d?
EDIT: I got it up and running yesterday, thanks to you, on the JDMaker Artist-D pro! I guess the trick now is to switch between the different modes (single, dual etc)
Can you run raspberry pi OS and octoprint and the same SD card? If not can I put on different SD cards and they will work?
Hi Irv, with the vast majority of 3D printers you need to use USB isolators between your Pi and printer. Especially true if you use the ethernet connection on the Pi. Two reasons, one, a lot of the control boards pull voltage back through usb from the Pi, an isolator depending on type can limit current draw or stop this happening. Two, printer shorts or poor earthing, which is very common with the cheap printers. Voltage from 12v/24v/115v/220v can short to ground and track down the shield of the usb which will fry the Pi and peripherals and if connected by ethernet your whole house hold network. An example, this happened on Tripod's garage with a CR6SE recently.
This is best practice
HI, Irv, great video, I've been following it the whole way. The version of Octoprint I'm in doesn't have the "Request" button next to the API key, it says to get it from Octoprint. I went into Settings there and under API, it says it recommends generating individual application keys. I did that, labeled it "Cura," and pasted that key into Cura...but it says "Octoprint is not available" when I do that. Any suggestions?
Brilliant video haven't used my printer in the last 12 months as the wife has been seriously ill . I turned it onto day and octoprint gave me a message that ime currently running on python 2 so my question is can i just flash the image using this tool so that ime running on python 3 and were it says set host name" raspberrypi .local can i replace it with my "__________.local name i created all ready and just do the restore option as ive made a back up once again MANY THANKS for the vidio
I am looking to buy a raspberry pi for my cr10s pro v2, but I am not sure which one I should get. Any suggestions?
When I use octoprint, it seems to disable the front panel touch screen, is that normal? Following this video , it was extremely easy to set up the raspberry pi
I am trying to add another raspberry pi running octoprint for another printer. Watching this video i assume that I either need to change the hostname or the username and password in the advance options of the Raspberry Pi imager before I write octoprint to the SD card. Is this correct? I cannot seem to get the Raspberry Pi to work after writing the image and trying to open the renamed host name.local. Any help would be appreciated!
(joking) I demand Dr.Vax back, this is too different to my liking.
For real though, I am glad that you are taking a step ahead with your channel, best of luck Doc. I am gonna confess, it is easier for me to watch your videos in x1.5, you sound just fine even at such higher speed. Otherwise, your videos are great for beginners!
Hi, Great job! I watched this video yesterday (and again today). I have ordered and rec'd my Canakit Starter pack. with Rasberry, etc. Now I am about to start setting it up to work with my Prusa MK3s+ with MMU2 Any further advice?
i would add another suggested plugin to his great list and that's PrintTimeGenius plugin. It gives you much more accurate print time estimates for your prints. Also UI Customizer is great for visually displaying the tabs and columns, also dashboard gives you very nice gauges to display your temps, fan speed, etc.
Great video, very helpful in setting up Octoprint. However, one thing not addressed in anyone's Octoprint setup video is the fact that the Raspberry Pi uses a dynamic IP address by default. If you shut your Pi down and restart it later, there is an excellent chance the IP address will be changed and you'll (1) have to figure out what the new IP address is, and (2) modify your Cura printer profile so Cura can find the Octoprinter. Changing the Pi from a Dynamic to Static IP isn't particularly difficult but it can be a little intimidating to someone not used to editing Config files. Could you make a short video walking through the procedure to change the Pi to default to Static IP, both via Windows and Mac?
Thanks.
Where did you come up with the price of 35.00 for the Pi4b ? Cheapest I have found is 70.00 Thanks
I want to say thank you for making this video I’ve been making things for the last four months on myender 5 plus and I’ve been thinking about doing octo printAnd I’ve been scared to watch yourVideo made it so easy to do that’s why I purchased the raspberry pie for 4gb question I have is would you recommend buying a second screen for it or just using the Apple Mac or is that just a waste of money not only that I’m like what should I buy a keyboard should I buy a mouse I’m like I don’t even know if I need that stuff
i've been using mine headless (no screen, keyboard, mouse) and it works no problem. If your using yours via wifi just make sure you have a good strong signal where you put the pi and you should be fine.
I have been running octoprint on my ender 3 for almost a year now. One day I changed my wifi router ( Asus) and couldnt connect to my pi which was plugged in. Checked my network and there was no connection to my pi. I have since reinstalled the octopi object file and put my SSID and psk in the octopi-wpa-supplicant.I even change the router and used tp-link but still it's not working.can you please give me any suggestions what we can do next ?
nice addons, was hopeing you would have had a camera mount for perhaps a Logitech C270 USB camera.
Wish you would have showed hooking it up to the printer. I’m having so many issues trying to get it connected to the Ender 3Pro mother board. Oh well
I did everything for OCTOPRINT on my "rpi3 B+ " but can not able to connect with my wifi router.I used angry IP scanner but not found any devices ( rpi or OCTOPRINT ).Can you please give me any suggestions what can I do ? ( For testing purpose I installed raspbianOS .It was perfectly ok or able to connected with Wi-Fi).